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New Born

Muse
Bass TabTuningDrop D
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Song

Band: Muse

Song: New Born

Album: Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Bassist: Chris Wolstenholme

Tuning: Drop D

Intro and verse (bass comes in ~0:13):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + \

G|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|   |
D|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|   |
A|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|   |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|   |

| x4

G|--9-------9-----|--5-------5-----|--4-------4-----|--8-------8-----|   |
D|----7-9-----7-9-|----4-5-----4-5-|----4-5-----4-5-|----7-9-----7-9-|   |
A|7-------7-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|6-------6-------|   |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|   |

/

G|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|
D|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|
A|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--9-------9-----|--5-------5-----|--4-------4-----|----------------|
D|----7-9-----7-9-|----4-5-----4-5-|----4-5-----4-5-|----------------|
A|7-------7-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|6---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bridge (bass comes back ~1:32):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Main riff (~1:37):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------2-2-2-2-|
D|2-2-2-2-5-2-5-6-|7-7-7-7-10-7-10-11-|12-0-0-12-0-0-3-4-|5-5-5-5---------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------2-2-2-2-|
D|2-2-2-2-5-2-5-6-|7-7-7-7-10-7-10-11-|12-0-0-12-0-0-3-4-|5-5-5-5---------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/|  just a slightly different ending
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Bridge (~2:02):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|--9-------9-----|
D|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|----7-9-----7-9-|
A|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse (same as before, play it x4 times but fourth time play the last bar like this, ~2:09):

G|--8-------8-----|
D|----7-9-----7---|
A|6-------6-------|
D|--------------0-|

Chorus (~2:59):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0-0-0---3-------|5-5-5-----------|--------2---2---|
D|2-2-2-0-5-------|----------------|--------4-------|5-5-5-----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3---3---3---|1-1-1---1---1---|2-2-2---2---2---|2-2-2---2---2---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0-0-0---3-------|5-5-5-----------|--------2-2-2---|
D|2-2-2---5-------|----------------|--------4-------|5-5-5-----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3---3---3---|1-1-1---1---1---|2-2-2---2---2---|2/14-14-14-14-14-----|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------0-1-|2\--------------|

Solo (play verse part 2 times, ~3:30):

Verse (play verse part 4 times - play the last bar just like in the previous verse, ~3:55):

Chorus (almost the same as before, pay attention only if you're a perfectionist, ~4:45):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0-0-0---3-------|5-5-5-----------|--------2-2-2---|
D|2-2-2---5-------|----------------|--------4-------|5-5-5-----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3---3---3---|1-1-1---1---1---|2-2-2---2---2---|2-2-2---2---2-0-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0-0-0---3-------|5-5-5-----------|--------2-2-2---|
D|2-2-2---5-------|----------------|--------4-------|5-5-5-----------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3---3---3---|1-1-1---1---1---|2-2-2---2---2---|2/14-14-14-14-14-----|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------0-1-|2\--------------|

Outro (~5:10):

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + \

G|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|   |
D|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|   |
A|----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------2-2-2-2-|   |
D|2-2-2-2-5-2-5-6-|7-7-7-7-10-7-10-11-|12-0-0-12-0-0-3-4-|5-5-5-5---------|   |

| x2

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        |
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|        |
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        |

/

G|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-------------------|------------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-------------------|------------------|--------2-2-2-2-|
D|2-2-2-2-5-2-5-6-|7-7-7-7-10-7-10-11-|12-0-0-12-0-0-3-4-|5-5-5-5---------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-----|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------0-1-|2---------------|

************************************

| x Dead note

| g Grace note

| (n) Ghost note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| r Release

| > Accented note

| t Tapping

| b Bend

| br Bend release

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

| s Slap

| P Pop

| PM Palm mute

| TR Trill

| N Tremolo

************************************

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